Month: December 2010

Frame Bag No. 01 DONE

I finished it, the one in the middle, tonight in time for tomorrow’s Dirt Mullholand ride, lets hope it holds together 😉 just kidding

More detailed report and description to follow, but a big thank you to Ron at Acorn for pointers here and there, the guys at bikepacking,net and backpackinglight.com MYOG forums.

In Short for those who have never seen a bag like this, it is my take on the what the ultra light bikepacking guys are doing with a twist of Rivendell and Acorn.  It just happens to match the front and rear Acorn bags near perfectly.

Catching Up

The seasonal head cold – flu ran through the house hard in the last 10 days, but there is now light at th end of the tunnel. I only made two rides up the stret 5 blocks to the post office in the last 10 days. Needless to say average productivity was pretty low. I made progress with my test patterns and prototyping.

The goal is to have a couple of things completed for the SoCal Rivendell Dirt Mull Holland Ride.  Working the time in at the bench and in the saddle to get my legs back is going to be a squeeze. 

I did get one big project completed though:

My daughter Anna’s first Christmas is going to be awsome